Bush Praises Homosexual Church - Pro-Family Shocked and Dismayed - 13 Nov 2003
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...Shock and dismay -- that's how pro-family groups are reacting to news that President Bush wrote a letter of praise to a homosexual church last month, just days after he had issued an official proclamation for Marriage Protection Week. In the letter from the White House, the president praised the Metropolitan Community Church for putting "hope" and "purpose" in people's hearts and for serving God for 35 years. Bob Knight of the Culture and Family Institute was surprised by the letter. "The president has a reputation for being a devout Christian, which I don't doubt -- but you don't send letters to institutions that mock the Christian church, such as this gay church set up by a practitioner of sadomasochistic gay sex," Knight says. The pro-family spokesman says the letter is "so beyond the pale" that he wonders if the president is even aware that it was sent out under his signature. "If he is aware of it, then he ought to be ashamed of himself -- and if he's not, some heads ought to roll at the White House," he says. "This is not what a Christian president ought to be doing." No one is saying for sure if President Bush wrote the letter or approved of it. He has, in fact, appointed more homosexuals to federal posts than any other president. |